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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15F4_back-to-basics_Strong-City-KS.html
"It seemed... a lonely little house of scholarship, with its playground worn so bare... But that humble little school had a dignity of a fixed and far off purpose... It was the outpost of civilization... driving the wilderness farther into the wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXEH_curious-outbuildings_Strong-City-KS.html
Stephen F. Jones spared no expense in the construction of his Spring Hill Ranch outbuildings. The Flint Hills provided the main building materials for both the house and outbuildings - high quality limestone quarried and hand cut here in Chase …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXEG_vital-necessities_Strong-City-KS.html
The raised concrete slab behind the house covers a combination storm and root cellar, accessible from a lower level of the house. It is said that Mrs. Jones "feared tornadoes and took extreme precautions against them." This underground chamber als…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXEE_welcome-to-the-prairie_Strong-City-KS.html
You have arrived at the only unit in the National Park Service dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Tallgrass prairie once covered a vast region that stretched from Mexico into Canada. Today, only a small fraction - perhaps less than four…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXED_little-barn-on-the-prairie_Strong-City-KS.html
Upon completion, ranch owner Stephen F. Jones learned that his barn was one of the largest barns in the state of Kansas at the time. Like most of the buildings on the ranch, the Spring Hill barn was built of limestone — the foundation of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXEC_spring-hill-ranch_Strong-City-KS.html
has been designated aNationalHistoric LandmarkThis site possessesnational significance incommemorating the historyof the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDF_prairie-for-the-people_Strong-City-KS.html
When Stephen F. Jones began acquiring this property for his Spring Hill Ranch in 1878, Kansas had been a state for 17 years, and much of the Kansas prairie was already being converted into cropland. The majority of the land which now comprises …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUOD_w-b-strong-memorial-railroad-park_Strong-City-KS.html
The town of Strong City originated in March of 1871 when the Santa Fe Railroad was completed to the point then known as Cottonwood Station. Strong City was referred to as Cottonwood Station until 1881. In February of 1881 a petition was signed by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUO4_strong-city_Strong-City-KS.html
Originally named Cottonwood Station, Strong City received its current name from W.B. Strong, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. This was an important railroad town and was also known for its stone quarries and stone contracti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT18_chase-county-the-bluestem-pasture-region-of-kansas_Strong-City-KS.html
The vast prairie which surrounds this site is typical of the Bluestem pasture region more commonly known as the Flint Hills. Named for its predominant grasses, the area extends from Oklahoma almost to Nebraska in a narrow oval two counties wide wh…
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